The National Executive of the NUM have opted to support Yvette Cooper for Leader and Tom Watson for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. The positives and negatives of all the candidates were openly discussed and at the end of the day a decision has to be made that will not suit all but never the less

This despicable Trade Union Bill must be opposed by all who value freedom
The Tories’ Trade Union Bill is illegal, illiterate and illiberal.
Illegal because it breaches the UK’s international legal obligations.
Illiterate because it is incoherent, inconsistent, bureaucratic and nonsen

Now why did the government announce an end to onshore wind subsidies? In the immortal words of the great Bob Dylan "The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind" and with energy bills continuing to soar Amber Rudd MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on ending subsidies for onshore

Thoresby Colliery 10 July 2010
After 90 years Thoresby Colliery ceases coal production which is a sad day for coal mining in the UK. The lack of government interest in preserving our coal mines as a strategic source of energy means that there is only one industrial size colliery left and